{"id":90866,"date":"2025-12-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/logistics\/2025\/12\/09\/qatar-airways-group-appoints-hamad-ali-al-khater-as-new-ceo\/"},"modified":"2025-12-09T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T00:00:00","slug":"qatar-airways-group-appoints-hamad-ali-al-khater-as-new-ceo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/logistics\/2025\/12\/09\/qatar-airways-group-appoints-hamad-ali-al-khater-as-new-ceo\/","title":{"rendered":"Qatar Airways Group appoints Hamad Ali Al Khater as new CEO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"> <strong>#1-<\/strong> <strong>Qatar Airways Group taps new CEO:<\/strong> Qatar Airways Group tapped Hamad Ali Al Khater (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/hamad-al-khater-77268314\/?originalSubdomain=qa\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">LinkedIn<\/a>) as Group Chief Executive Officer (CEO), effective from 7 December 2025, according to a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.qatarairways.com\/press-releases\/en-WW\/258698-qatar-airways-group-appoints-mr-hamad-ali-al-khater-as-group-chief-executive-officer\/\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">press release<\/a>. Al Khater \u2014 who succeeds Engineer Badr Mohammed Al Meer \u2014 previously served as Hamad International Airport\u2019s chief operating officer, bringing in experience in infrastructure expansions and passenger operations. <\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\">\n<hr style=\"height:2px;border-width:0;color:gray;background-color:gray\">\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>#2- UAE\u2019s Maryam Al Balooshi tapped to lead ICAO\u2019s environmental committee: <\/strong>Senior Manager of the Environmental Affairs Office at the General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) Maryam Al Balooshi (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/eng-maryam-ali-al-blooshi-5a923875\/?originalSubdomain=ae\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">LinkedIn<\/a>) was tapped as chair of the Committee on Aviation Environmental Protection (CAEP) of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), state news agency <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wam.ae\/en\/article\/bn3e19j-maryam-albalooshi-becomes-first-from-middle-east\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Wam<\/a> reports. The appointment makes Al Balooshi the first person from the Middle East to take up the role.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>The role will see Al Balooshi oversee international efforts to reduce the aviation sector\u2019s environmental impact.<\/strong> The committee\u2019s focus areas include aircraft noise and engine emissions, sustainable aviation fuels, and environmental management tools. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PLUS: ICAO names Emirati engineer to lead environmental protection committee<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":90867,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"single-feature.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":false,"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_primary_brand":0,"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[197],"tags":[145,195,153,247],"brand":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"class_list":["post-90866","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-moves","tag-aviation","tag-moves","tag-qatar","tag-qatar-airways","wpautop","entry"],"acf":{"mongo_id":"768d0f50-bfd7-4eab-a73f-2f5e2e5396c7","order":"8","is_powered_by":false,"story_type":"1","photo_url":"https:\/\/ent.news\/2025\/12\/442.jpg","photo_position":"above","homepage_title":"","full_issue_title":"Qatar Airways Group appoints Hamad Ali Al Khater as new CEO","related_issue":[90853],"teaser":"PLUS: ICAO names Emirati engineer to lead environmental protection committee","voice_url":"https:\/\/s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/ent.news\/audio\/2025\/12\/.d1ab2875-b20c-412b-b71e-6b01d03e2e82.mp3"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - 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